The Monitor., 1887-11-18
LOCAL NEWS.

Several cases of diphtheria are reported
at Richmantown.
The first snow storm of the season oc-
Cured last Friday
All the Sheriffs throughout the State who
were elected at the late election entered
upon their duties on Tuesday.
A new delivery wagon has been pur
chased by the e. B. Humphreys Pantaloon
Company, of William Oliphant.
John S. Ewell is filling an order for
5000 cans of hls canned tomatoes, from
Reed, Murdoch & Fisher, Chicago.
Mrs. Barbara Handle, the victim of the
brutal murder at Unonville last Friday,
was an aunt of Isaac A. Handle, OF our
town.
A Woodstown business firm collected
during the suTmer $751;. 80 in three cent
pieces and shipped them to Philadelphia
few days ago.
There are plenty of good seats left for
the minstrel performance in the Opera
House on Monday night, but you had bet
ter secure them at once.
An interesting letter from Taunton,
Mass, written by one of our townspeople
or a tour ''down east, we are compel ed
to lay over until next issue.
dU IlOOUty Will Dc atIi"N"iOh "O VIZ
New Opera House on Friday, Nov. 25th.
This is the same company til at PLAYED here
last season and is good one.
Miss Cuff, teacher of the colored school
at Yorktown, in School District No. 81,
has presented her resignation, to take
effect the last of this month, on account OF
poorhealth.
The four o'clock train up on Tuesday
had the ash-pan on the engine to break at
Point Airy Station. delaying it about nifty
minutes, and also OBTAINING the five O'Clock
train down.
A session of the Salem County Pomona
Grange was held in the room of the
Woodstown Grange on Wednesday after
noon. Essays, papers, discussions, etc.,
made up a pleasant and profitable pro-
gramme.
The toll house at Point Airy, on the old
Woodstowli and Swedesboro turnpike, has
been sold by Isaac II. Turner to Benjamin
Hug hes, of Eldridge's Hill, and is being
torn down and will be erected again at
Eldridge's HILL
One of our advertisers tells us that with
in the last week he has had customers
from Deer6eld. Bridgeport and Clarksboro
Woodstown has a good reputation as
trading point, and customers are drawn
country
Ten dollar notes were very plentiful the
latter part of last week. especially among
our coIored friends. They came in town
and supplied themselves with many OF
the necessaries of life. Some might think
this ID result of the electiou-but they may
be mistaken.
The farm of Jacob Kirby near Harris
onville offered at assignee's sale on Thurs
day of last week, and which was bid up to
$64 per acre and withdrawn, was sold yes
terday to Nathan Wilkinson, near Harris
onville station. for STA per acre. The
farm contains III acres.
Thos. b. Parker, with Carpenters Nor
rison and Boone. is building for E. Wallace
& Bro, at their canning factory in South
Woodstown, a building 122 feet long,
with 20 foot posts. When this building
is completed this factory will have over
5000 square feet of floor space devoted to
canning purposes.
The indications point to a full house for
Barlow Bros and Frost's mnstrels, who
appear at the Opera House next Monday
evening There are twenty-five people in the
organization, and it is said to be one of the
best companies on the road. Come out
and see the street parade at noon on Mon
day and listen to the music of tho military
brass band.
Sheriff-elect Frank Ridgway of Gouces-
ter county, was sworn into office on Tues
day and took formal possession at mid
night. His bondsmen are: Senator Fan
coast, James Jessup, Joseph L. Reeves,
job S. Haines, Joseph Paul, w. Harrison
Livermore, Joseph II. Dufield, Chalkley
Rulon, solomon Stanger, Charles Jessup
and ex-senator Hopkins Ex-Sherih Pack
er will remain in charge OF the county
prison until March 25th next.